Breathe Deeply, then Giggle!

I'm thankful not just on Thanksgiving but all year round.  I know how lucky I am to have what I do (the people, my job, each healthy day...

Sometimes I wake up and I forget how lucky I am for the simple luxury of opening my eyes to see the first light of day. To hear the quiet of...

Every experience in our lives leaves a mark. Positive or negative, it is etched in the canvas of who we are and our becoming. We start life ...

To those who I no longer communicate with...... The door is always open, but I no longer make the journey to walk through it.  I shut it a...

Sometimes I just have to laugh at the clown show that is me.  I am ever increasingly more clumsy and uncoordinated. It's more than hand ...

They say in order to love others we must first love ourselves.  This is tough because we are our biggest critics. We are harder on ourselves...

Summer in the Northwest this year is in full force and its not the same.  We have had what I would affectionately term a So Cal Summer.  Mor...

Some general guidelines and reminders for appropriate public etiquette are in order today. 1. Don scratch that itch! We have all been ther...

Well isn't that a hoot. The last time I was called little miss fancy pants I was wearing a full length Fox fur coat from my first husban...

We are an eclectic blend of weird and strange and crazy. I like to think I am unique, but the truth is I am actually quite bland and boring ...

I am one of the lucky ones. I see the dogwood pollen floating on the breeze like little tufts of cotton candy, and I find myself visually fo...

I realized recently that my boys have been right about me for some time.  Seriously. I know you must think I'm losing my mind what with ...

Are you a planner or a procrastinator?  Do you stay awake at night thinking of all the details that need to be taken care of in order for yo...

You really don't want me to answer that question or make that call.  How many times Have I seen that sign on the back of the company van...

Once upon a time a man awoke on a cold winters day in  Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and said "I wonder how much longer this winter is g...

The human heart is an interesting thing.  The size of your fist,  it sits in your chest guarded in a cage of bone meant to protect it and sh...

Dear Santa, Tooth-fairy, St. Patrick, Easter Bunny, Sand Man, Mother Nature, Father Time, Jack Frost, and all others who may or may not actu...

I genuinely hoped the age of gangsta pants was over.  Hasn't it run it's course yet?  I know trends rise and fall....isn't it ti...

Is it REALLY possible to put the past behind us. To wake up and pretend that all the bad things that have come before simply no longer exist...

Sometimes the best moments in life are the simplest.  They come as easy as breathing.  O.k. maybe not the best analogy but you understand wh...

I keep stretching to find the brake pedal on life and realize that this adventure comes without one. There is no pause button, no mute, no r...

Have you ever walked up to a bathroom sink, reached for the faucet, looked down at the basin, and found yourself mortified and nearly unable...

As 2014 comes to an official close, I sit here in front of my key board and I take a deep breath and sigh of relief.  It's been a good y...

Life is fluid.  It ebbs and flows. Like a water droplet on the back of your hand, its path is unpredictable and chaos. It will chose its own...

Sometimes we take the little things for granted....I work very hard not to do this. I know how lucky I am. I know how amazing each day of li...

Today I was driving to the post office on my lunch break and One of my earrings fell out and down my shirt.  Without thinking about where I ...

Growing up I never imagined there was such a thing as a corn maze, let alone a haunted corn maze.  Even as a young adult raising my two sons...

I awoke this morning and after stretching and stumbling my way out of bed and up the hallway to the restroom where I quickly performed my da...

This is the beginning of my favorite time of year as the leaves turn the tree lined streets, fields and pastures into painted postcard wonde...

Apple to Apples it isn't......it's similar.....but if you are expecting a PG rated evening of silly answers and mildly provocative t...

Everywhere I turn this week someone is picking. Nose pickers at every stop and every turn.  There are the pickers who flick it , the pickers...

When I suddenly and without warning found myself critically ill last fall, my life changed forever. In many ways life became more than I eve...

I'm just a simple girl. I like things simple and clean. I'm not big on clutter and over indulgence. KISS.....is more my style....Kee...

Today I'm going to write about my dear friend Glenda. I feel compelled to explain why I feel convinced, once again that family is not ab...

Yep...That's my bladder. As I sit writing this I need to pee. Truth be told I've need to pee for about an hour now, but I've bee...

I woke up this morning and realized I am magical. I must be a wizard or a fairy, or some other wonderful creature.  Its true, because I can ...

I am realizing more and more every day, as I watch my boys lives take shape and the lives of their friends who I have watched grow up with t...

This week was the end of another semester in college for my oldest son.  His writing class required an essay in which he either had to write...

The state of Oregon has a Beach called Agate beach on which the shore is covered with stones instead of sand. Not all of the stones are true...